harvest

UK/ˈhɑː(ɹ)vɪst//ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

harvest noun: the process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

Noun

harvest (countable and uncountable, plural harvests)

The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
- The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
- This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
- Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
Synonyms:

crop, gather
(broadly) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
- The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
- The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
(UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
- Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
- Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt.1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20
Synonyms:

autumn, fall
A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

Verb

harvest (third-person singular simple present harvests, present participle harvesting, simple past and past participle harvested)

(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
- We harvested the apples in September already.
(transitive) To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
- An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
(transitive) To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
(intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
- We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
(transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
- The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

harvest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

harvest in Hindi

yield of harvesting: फ़सल fasal, उपज upaj

harvest in Tamil

season of gathering the ripened crop: அறுவடை காலம் aṟuvaṭai kālam
process of gathering the ripened crop: அறுவடை aṟuvaṭai, அறுப்பு aṟuppu
yield of harvesting: அறுவடை aṟuvaṭai, விளைச்சல் viḷaiccal
product or result of any exertion: அறுவடை aṟuvaṭai

harvest in Urdu

yield of harvesting: فصل fasal

More languagesFewer languages

harvest in Bengali: ফসল, সংগৃহীত ফসল, খরিফ, শ্রমের ফল
harvest in Telugu: పంట paṇṭa, దిగుబడి digubaḍi
harvest in Malayalam: വിളവെടുപ്പ് viḷaveṭuppŭ, വിളവ് viḷavŭ, വിളവെടുക്കുക viḷaveṭukkuka
harvest in Kannada: ಸುಗ್ಗಿ, ಕೊಯ್ಲು ಕಾಲ, ಕಟಾವಿನ ಸಮಯ, ಬೆಳೆ
harvest in Punjabi: ਵਾਢੀ
harvest in Gujarati: લણણી, લણણી કરો
harvest in Odia: ଅମଳ, ଅମଳ କରନ୍ତୁ
harvest in Pashto: حاصل
harvest in Tagalog: ani
harvest in Arabic: حَصَاد ḥaṣād, حِصَاد ḥiṣād, مَحْصُول maḥṣūl, غَلَّة ḡalla
harvest in Malay: tuai
harvest in Indonesian: panen
harvest in Persian: بَرداشت bardâšt, درو derow, مَحصول mahsul, حاصِل hâsel
harvest in Thai: เก็บเกี่ยว gèp-gìao, เกี่ยว gìao
harvest in Vietnamese: mùa gặt, thu hoạch, gặt, mùa màng
harvest in Myanmar: ရိတ်သိမ်း ritsim:

Examples of harvest in a sentence

The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful.1911, Jack London, The Whale Tooth:
To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First...

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Synonyms of harvest

Forms of harvest

Noun
plural	harvests
alternative form	harvist
alternative form	hervest
alternative form	harst
alternative form	hairst
Verb
third-person singular present	harvests
present participle	harvesting
past participle	harvested
past	harvested

Past tense of harvest: harvested

Plural of harvest: harvests

Origin of harvest

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

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Questions about harvest

What does harvest mean?: Harvest means the process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
What is harvest in Hindi?: Harvest in Hindi is फ़सल (fasal), उपज (upaj). See Harvest meaning in Hindi.
How do you use harvest in a sentence?: The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful.
What part of speech is harvest?: Harvest can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce harvest?: Harvest is pronounced /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ (US).
What is the plural of harvest?: The plural of harvest is harvests.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: harvest (page history and authors); harvest (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); harvest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harvest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); harvest (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); harvest (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); harvest (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); حاصل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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